Improvement in boots



A. A. FELTDN & F.G. FLOYD.

Boots.

No. 133,767; I Patented Dec.1o,`1a72.

ATKINS A. FEL'ION, OF MARBLEHEAD, AND FREDERICK C.

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FLOYD, on

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,767, dated December 10, 1872.

To all whom it may concern.- i

Be it known that we, ATKINS A. FELTON,

t of Marblehead, Essex county, and FREDER- l and childrens boots, with reference to econoi mizin g stock and deereasin g the extent ot' seaming. In our inventionwemaketheleg,heel, and

quarter and the part ofthe upper that covers the ball of the foot in one piece, slitting said piece at one or both sides over the shank, and inserting in said side slit or slits a goring or angular piece, which is stitched at its opposite side edges to the upper at the opposite sides oi' the slit, and at'the basev to the vamp or to the sole; the form or pattern of the leg, heel, and .top piece, the location and form of the slit or slits, and the opening of such 'slit and the insertion of the. angular or goring piece or pieces giving the requisite shape to the upper for the leg, heel, and ball of the foot, and the'proper spring to the back. Our invention consists in the improved boot having its leg, heel, and ball pieces thus formed in one piece.

rIhe drawing shows agboot embodying our i construction, Ashowin g a front and side view, and B a rear and side View of it. O shows the manner ot' cutting the leg and heel piece.

In cutting this piece we first, with a suitable pattern, cut thefour-sided piece a b o d, and then cut the slit ef and g. It, or one only of said slits. Having for the one or foreach slit, as the case maybe, an angular piece, i k Z, we spread open the slit and insert the said angular piece, as seen at A and B, g stitching the respective edges Het' lto the respective edges h w y, forming the'opposite sides of the slit. By thus forming and uniting the parts the upper part a b m a makes the leg, and the center part f e g h the heel part, without any cutting away, stretching, orshrinking; while the side pieces f e d m and l1. gV o n, with the addition of the angular pieces 7c i l, form the side and top of the boot from the heel and from the shank over the ball.

The pattern maybe so formed as to obviate the necessity of making lnore than one side slit. In such case the single slit is spread wider open, and the gore is made proportion- Y ately larger. We prefer, however, to slit and gore on the two sides.

By this method of cutting the heel, leg, and ball piece an important saving of stock is etfected, the forni shown at O taking less leather, and with better results than in any method of cutting known to us and the pieces kt' Z are easily cut and easily inserted, and may be made of less costly leather than is required for the piece a b o d; and, at the same time, the leather or material extending upward at the center of the back is continuous and unseamedfrom the heel upward to the top of the upper, while it also'a'ords the proper spring at the unseamed back.

We claim- A boot having its quarter made by the insertion of the gore or gores t' 7c lin one or both ofthe slits f e or g h ofthe piece shown in Fig. O, substantially asdescribed.

` ATKINS A. FELTON.

FRED. O. FLOYD. Y

Witnesses:

FRANCIS Goma), M. W. FROTHINGHAM.

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